互动机器人'Pharos'帮助老年人锻炼

互动机器人'Pharos'帮助老年人锻炼and detects underlying health problems

资源：Asociación RUVID

According to the latest report on the evolution of worldwide population submitted by the United Nations, 13 percent of today’s population is over 60 years of age. By 2050, this percentage will almost double, reaching 25 percent. The ageing of society is a reality, and technologies are adapting day-to-day to this demographic change.

大学的研究人员PolitècnicaDevalència（UPV），Universidad de Alicante（UA）和Universidade Do Minho正在致力于称为法兰科斯州的互动机器人，这些机器人将帮助老人与他们的日常家务。“我们的目标是将Pharos转变为老人的另一个伴侣。经常建议促进人民的健康生活，促进人口的健康生活，促进健康生活，促进健康的生活，促进健康的生活，促进了健康的生活，促进了健康的生活。

Pharos is based on a commercial robot, Pepper, to which researchers have added two modules: The first recommends an exercise plan adapted to each user, and the second, through advanced AI techniques, assesses completion of the exercise, verifies whether the user has completed it correctly through deep learning by comparing it to a library of stored exercises, and registers them on the system.

机器人还包括用户将与之交互的视觉和物理接口，以便通过相机识别它们。“一旦确定了他们，Pharos决定了根据其能力的最合适的练习。此外，锻炼计划定期适应用户的演变和健康。为此，它包括一个推荐算法，甚至可以帮助检测健康问题，“伊斯特兰德尼兹，机器人和三维视觉组（ROVIT）的研究员解释说。

The main difference of Pharos compared to other similar systems is the detailed monitoring of users, as well as the possibility to determine whether they are performing the exercises correctly or not. It is a very useful tool for carers and assistants, as it makes it possible to easily check if the ability to perform certain exercises diminishes, which can reveal progressive physical and/or cognitive problems. “Low performance when conducting the planned exercises can indicate some sort of issue with the user. And, by registering the exercise history, Pharos can help reveal underlying problems which would otherwise be impossible to see,” explain the researchers.

The Spanish-Portuguese research team is currently working on perfecting the user-robot interactions, optimising the exercise recognition system and making it possible for several users to use it without interfering with the others, making use of planification strategies.